Are you a fat middle aged cyclist?

[postman]

I am not middle-aged or fat.I have had to put another hole in my belt just this winter.But i am ancient and grumpy,is that a seperate section.

 

[cyberknight]

I am not middle-aged or fat.I have had to put another hole in my belt just this winter.But i am ancient and grumpy,is that a seperate section.

i have noticed more mature folk tend to go plump or skinny , not many stay the same

 

[Reynard]

Middle-aged... Yep... That part's unavoidable.

Fat? No. Merely comfortably curvy. Size 10 up top, size 12 below the waist. Could wear a size smaller, but breathing is... important.

 

[postman]

Mature now that sounds better just like a good wine or maturing a fine whisky.

 

[sheddy]

I do think that UK employer advice should recommend ramping up exercise when people reduce their working hours leading to retirement.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

I’m middle aged but not fat. 178cm and go between 68kg at my lightest and 70kg at my heaviest and have done so since I was in my late teens. Was a few kg lighter before that.

 

[cyberknight]

Middle-aged... Yep... That part's unavoidable.

Fat? No. Merely comfortably curvy. Size 10 up top, size 12 below the waist. Could wear a size smaller, but breathing is... important.

i dont do curvy , then again i have the wrong biological bits

 

[Slick]

Yeah, fat and over 50, and probably like a lot of people I grafted 12 hour days for fun and eventually crashed and burned. I made some big life changes and deliberately decided to do absolutely as little as possible for a year that maybe worked too well and turned into 2, before I decided I needed something to do at night to keep me off the fags, and bought my first bike for about 30 years. Been cycling ever since, although I'm about to make another big life change to make sure I'm prepared for the next life stage as I wind down some more, hopefully leaving more time for even more cycling. Probably take a bit of discipline, but I'm looking forward to the challenge.

 

[Smokin Joe]

I'm 70yo, 6' and ten stone, same as when I was 21. That's despite having stopped cycling a year ago.

I doubt excercise makes much difference to weight, diet and metabolism are the main factors.

 

[TK421]

Just taken up cycling due to my late brother and have 18 months to prepare for becoming a MAMIL. I'm cycling now for fun, to share some quality time with my girls, improve my mental health and lest I forget my brother Mark, a proper cyclist.
Edit;
Exercise and physical fitness are just a byproduct of the above for me.

 

[wafter]

Yes.

+1.

I do it for every single reason everyone else does; the most immediate of which is that it helps keep me mentally balanced more than anything else I know. Spoiler - if you need to sort your weight out, this needs attacking from an input rather than output side, although cycling will doubtless help massively with your general fitness and outlook

 

[Ming the Merciless]

But i am ancient and grumpy,

Ah you’ve aged since you were young and grumpy

 

[Ming the Merciless]

No, I’m middle aged (40 years and older) but not fat. Within a couple of kg of my mid 30s weight, which I’ll naturally drop to as we come out of winter.

 

[Oldhippy]

Same here; judging by the slight but noticable waitsline expansion when my commute was reduced, I'd be a bit rotund if I didn't transport myself this way.

Also lifetime veggie and eat loads

 

[Ridgeway]

Yes and also bald and short, i probably tick all the boxes😂